The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-02-25

ing Wednesday night. the pockets of
Jacob Miller. an Ohio Quaker, were
robbed OF SO, 240 in bills and coin, he
sides $23, 600 in certified checks. The
police searched the garments Of a wo-
man in the house, but found no traces
OF the property.
O. j. HOLSTER, of Salt Lake, and
others, evidently in the interest of the
Central Pacific magnates, have filed at
Lincoln articles OF incorporation Of
| the Nebraska and Western road, with
a capital stock of 81, 900, 900. The route
| is from COvingtOn across the northern
half of Nebraska.
A party of thieves who entered the
postofiice at Bound Rock, New Jersey,
on Wednesday night were fired upon
| by railroad agent. One of them was
wounded, and in attempting to swim
| the Raritan river was drowned. An
other was captured and placed in jail
| at Summerville.
The differences between the L anama
| railroad and the Pacific Mail Steam
| ship company have been settled by
compromise. The railway will accept
| 100000 for its claim of $500, 900, and
| will transport the freight OF the steam
| ship company for $4,000 per month,
instead of $4,000 heretofore paid.
1t is alleged by the Toronto Standard
| that an association of irOn-wOrkers
has been formed i'll Pittsburg to assist
| the liberal party III the Dominion in
defeating Sir John A. Macdonalds
| government, and that large amount
of money was recently sent by Ameri-
cans to Nova Scotia to secure less
| stringent fishery regulations.
The grand jury at New Orleans has
| found indictments against thirty-one
of the leading gamblers of that city.
| For twenty years the law has been a
| dead letter Mayor Shakespeare was
| given from $4,000 to $50, 900 per annum
| by the gambling-houses, with which he
built and maintained spacious aims.
| house.
The Germans erected at Cummers-
dorf an exact model Of the forts along
the French frontier, and destroyed it
in forty-eight hours by using new tx.
plosive. A large number OF men are
engaged in strengthening the Fortified
tiOns ut CadiZ. The Austrian govern
Steyr rifle factory and given considera-
bic work to other shops
Managers of large ranches in Ind ian
Territory report THAI the winter has
been the mikiest for five years. and
that the loss of stock will 0n!y NJ RON
2 to 4 per cent. Adv ces from ne Vel
lOwstone ranges are To the fii 1T that
two hundred thousand head q. cattle
are suffering terribly for grass and
water, and carcasses can he counted
by hundreds along the river.
O. Neef. one of the Chicago anarch-
lists who escaped punishment by turn
ing states evidence. sailed from New
York for San Domingo, where he says
he goes to join colony OF his kind.
He said if Spies got Il new trial hun
dredS of others would lie implicated
and that Schnaubelt. whom the au-
thorities had been after. is still living
but not in the United States.
A Mrs. Stickney, Il convert to the
faith cure at Minneapolis. Minnesota,
reSurrected the body of her daughter
after it had been dead two months in
the belief that it could be restored to
life by prayer. She had it brought to
her house and claims that at one time
since she had seen signs of life, and
stored if her faith had been just IA lit
tie stronger.
At Hannibal, Mo-. Oh Thursday
evening, Mrs. Thomas r.. Bennett took
her 4-year-old daughter to Mount Oil
vet cemetery, swallowed dose of
poison, and lay down OH the grave of IL
child to die. She lacked the nerve to
poison her daughter. They lay all
night in the rain, and were rescued ut
breakfast-time. The mothers feet
were badly frozen, but the child stood
the ordeal well.
The strike of the longshoremen in
New York was declared off, and there
was a general rush of strikers to get
back to work. The loss to the men is
estimated to have amounted to over
s., 800 900, and they promise to with
draw from the assembly which brought
on the trouble. The Morgan line of
boats, among others, refused to take
the strikers back, and at night an at
tempt was made to fire its property.
The movement in Illinois to suppress
bucket-shop trading has already eX-
tended to some other states. The Rio
die bill has been introduced into the
Kansas legislature, and modification
of it is before the lawmakers OF Mis-
souri, for their consideration. The
Chicago advocates of the measure are
now talking about the ACCESSIBILITY of
presenting the matter to Congress next
winter, the present session being too
far advanced to permit the passage of
the measure before adjournment.
On warrant sworn out by the
states attorney at Morris. ILL.,, Newton
Watts was arrested for completely in
the Rock Island train-rObbery and the
murder of Messenger Nichols. He had
charge of the baggage-car in which the
safe was carried. 1t appears that the
wife of Brakeman Schwartz induced
him to confess that he found u package
of 81 900 under a seat in the smoking
car on the night following the robbery,
and that he gave 81, 900 OF it to Newton
Watts. The latter admits receiving
the money, but claims that ii has gone
beyond his reach.
There is great CONSERVATION in the
ranks of the Chicago Cook County,
Commissioners owing TO ehe disap-
pearance of Me Schneider, who did
49,, 600 worth OF plumbing and repair
ing in six months at the public hospi-
tails, etc, of which more than three
forlrths is said to have been divided
among the gang" 1t is known that
the states attorney has taken posses
sion of Schneider's books and papers,
among which were found documents
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